Akilles "Aki" Eero Johannes Järvinen (19 September 1905 – 7 March 1943) was a Finnish

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

. He competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won two silver medals, in 1928 and 1932; he served as the Finnish flag bearer at all three games. He also won a European silver medal in the 400 m hurdles in 1934. Järvinen was one of Finland's most versatile athletes of his era. At the national level, his decathlon records are still competitive, and if the current decathlon points tables had been used, Järvinen would have won the gold medal at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. Järvinen died in 1943 when his VL Pyry

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crashed during a test flight in

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. His younger brother Matti was an Olympic champion and 10-time world-record breaker in

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. His elder brother Kalle was an Olympic

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ter, whereas their father Verner won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals in the

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Personal records

* 100 m – 10.9 s (1934)Akilles Järvinen
. yleisurheilu.fi * 200 m – 21.9 s (1930)Akilles Järvinen
trackfield.brinkster.net * 400 m – 49.1 s (1931) * 1500 m – 4:42.0 s (1928) * 110 m hurdles – 15.2 s (1930) * 200 m hurdles – 25.4 s (1936) * 400 m hurdles – 53.7 s (1934) * High jump – 180 cm (1925) * Pole vault – 360 cm (1930) * Long jump – 7.12 m (1930) * Triple jump – 14.34 m (1926) * Shot put – 14.10 m (1936) * Discus – 37.94 m (1931) * Javelin – 63.25 m (1933) * Decathlon – 8292 (1932, using 1912 scoring tables)

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(Article contains picture of Järvinen with the other two decathlon medalists in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.) 1905 births 1943 deaths Sportspeople from Jyväskylä Athletes from Central Finland Sportspeople from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish decathletes Olympic athletes for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in Finland European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Finnish military aviators Finnish military personnel killed in World War II Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1943 {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub